Combined skirt and sporting-trousers



N. J-. TJAERANSEN. COMBINED-SKIRT AND SPORTING TROUSERS. APPLICATIONFILED mAYIs, 1919.

1,374,040. Patented Apr. 5, 1921 UNITED STATES NILS J'OOIDVINTJ'ERANSEN, OF CHRISTIAN'SUND, NORWAY.

COMBINED SKIRT AND SPORTING-TROUSERS.

Application filed May 16, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NILs JooDvIN TJlER- ANSEN, of Konsul Jensens gate906, Christiansund, in the Kingdom of Norway, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Combined Skirts and Sporting- Trousers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanyin drawings, and toletters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object a combination of skirt andsporting-trousers and is particularly distinguished by this that inorder to obtain a good lit in both uses'two different button rows arearranged, the outer of which is used when the suit is to be used astrousers, whereas the inner button row is employed when a skirt is to beused. Moreover, in order to enable the use as a'pair of trousers withoutinjuring the cut as a skirt there is arranged a quite short inner pairof drawers attached to the waist-band and providing a closure for theupper part of the article of clothing not closed by the button rows.

In the accompanying drawing the article of clothing is illustrated.Figure 1 shows the article of clothing in a quite unbottoned conditionand with one flap turned back. Fig. 2 shows the article of clothing inits use as a skirt, whereas Figs. 3 and 4: illustrate its use astrousers.

The article of clothing is provided at the upper part with slits 1laterally and with buttons 2 in the waistband 3 at these slits. To thisband is also attached a small inner pair of drawers 4 (shown in dottedlines) shaped nearly as a pair of bathing-drawers and being preferablyof the same fabric as the article of clothing itself and terminating ashort distance from the crotch, said drawers extending a minor portionof the length of the skirt from the waistband. This small innerpair ofdrawers is necessary because it would not be possible to obtain a goodcut of the article, if the buttoning hadto be Specification of LettersPatent.

. the article.

Patented Apr. 5,1921.

Serial No. 297,576.

continued all up to the end of the slits arranged in the r is suitablymade with the swung shape indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. That is, one sideis out or recessed on a concave at the front and back and the other sideis out free to form a flap to overlap or overlie the first side whenused as a skirt orto encircle one leg while the other side encircles theother leg, to the crotch, when used as trousers.

as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. 7

On each of the two halves of the skirt formed by the splitting two rowsof buttons (or press button or hooks) are arranged, viz: one row 6 to beused when the article is to be transformed into a pair of trousers andone row 7 to be used when the article is to be used as a skirt. 7

By this combination of a slitwhic'h is partly open upward with the twobutton rows a far better cut of the skirt respec:

tively the pair of trousers is obtained than has hitherto been possible,but at the sameto be employed as a pair of trousers, and the inner oneto be used when the article is to be employed as a skirt, said buttonrows leav ing open the upper part of thesaid splittings, and a smallinner pair of drawers attached to the inner side of the article,covering from the inside the upper part of said splittings' ont part andrear part of This upper end 5 of the slits 2A combined skirt andsporting trou- V sers comprising a skirt proper provided with Y awaistband and slits at thesides with: means for joining the opposedportions at the slits,

distance from the waistband and cut on a a relatively short bifurcatedgarment within concave at the front and back at one side said fasteners,when the garment is used as 10 and with the other side free, to form aflap trousers.

to overlap the first side when the garment is In testimony that I claimthe foregoing used as a skirt, said first side being provided as myinvention, I have signed my name in r with a pair of rows of fasteners,and the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

flap at the front and back being provided NILS J OODVIN 'FJERANSEN. withmeans for engaging said fasteners, said Witnesses: second side and saidfirst side being adapted OLE M, IsPEN,

to be independently connected by certain of I. K. IsPnN.

